Obama vs. Jimmy Carter Obama vs. Jimmy Carter
If you watched the Democratic convention closely -- very closely -- you caught a brief glimpse of former President Jimmy Carter on stage, looking decidedly unhappy. No surprise: ...
Aug 31, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
For the Record: Obama, Biden on Georgia For the Record: Obama, Biden on Georgia
Here's the statement that Barack Obama issued within hours of the Russian decision to recognize the independence of two separatist regions of Georgia: I condemn Russia's decision...
Aug 28, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
US Massacres Afghan Kids US Massacres Afghan Kids
So how, exactly, did the United States come to slaughter nearly a hundred Afghans, two-thirds of whom were children aged three months to sixteen years, while they slept? And what ...
Aug 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Maliki the Nationalist? Maliki the Nationalist?
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki continues to make headlines by posing as an Iraqi nationalist. Don't buy it. Unfortunately, much of the media has swallowed Maliki's posturi...
Aug 26, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
On Iraq, Biden Is Worse than McCain On Iraq, Biden Is Worse than McCain
Barack Obama may be doing the one thing that might have seemed impossible: he's picking a running mate whose ideas about Iraq are even worse than, and stupider than, John McCain's...
Aug 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Curb Your Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm
There's a lot less than meets the eye in the rumored US-Iraq accord. On the surface, it would seem that the US and Iraqi negotiators have sought to cut the baby in half, splittin...
Aug 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Scheunemann, Iraq and Georgia Scheunemann, Iraq and Georgia
If there's any comic relief in the war between Russia and Georgia, it's this statement from Randy Scheunemann, John McCain's top foreign policy adviser: "In the twenty-first centu...
Aug 21, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Patience Needed in Pakistan Patience Needed in Pakistan
Things are iffy in Pakistan, with the new civilian coalition getting shakier and the future of Pakistan uncertain after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf, the military president...
Aug 20, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
McCain, Circa 2003 McCain, Circa 2003
There's yet to be a solid, point-by-point effort to expose John McCain's pre-2003 views on Iraq, when (along with his neocon advisers and cheerleaders) he led the charge to Baghda...
Aug 17, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Election Shocker! Election Shocker!
Biblical scholars in Colorado Springs have uncovered startling evidence that Senator John McCain may be the Antichrist. Their conclusions, while highly controversial, may have a d...
Aug 8, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss